Magnetic can body conveying and turning mechanism



June 14, 1960 c. J. CHEBUHAR 2,940,581

MAGNETIC CANY BODY CONVEYING AND TURNING MECHANISM Filed Jan. 23, 1958 6 Sheets-Sheet 1 mmfamm ATTORNEYS June 14, 1960 c. J. CHEBUHAR 2,940,581

MAGNETIC CAN BODY CONVEYING AND TURNING MECHANISM Filed Jan. 23, 1958 6 Sheets-Sheet 2 1N VENTOR .mu-Bl" pp-Zl mi; mq'

TTORNEYS June 14, 1960 c. 1. CHEBUHAR 2,940,581

MAGNETIC CAN BODY CONVEYING AND TURNING MECHANISM Filed Jan. 23, 1958 v 6 Sheets-Sheet 3 ATTORNEYS June 14, 1960 c. J. CHI-:BUHAR 2,940,581

MAGNETIC CAN BODY CONVEYING AND TURNING MECHANISM Filed Jan. 23, 1958 6 Sheets-Sheet 4 INVENTOR lzarZeJ Zabaaft ATTORNEYS June 14, 1960 c. J. CHEBUHAR 2,940,581

MAGNETIC CAN BODY CONVEYING AND TURNING MECHANISM Filed Jan. 23. 1958 6 Sheets-Sheet 5 INVENTOR ATTORNEYS June 14, 1960 c. J. CHEBUHAR 2,940,581

MAGNETIC CAN BODY CONVEYING AND TURNING MECHANISM Filed Jan. 23, 1958 6 Sheets-Sheet 6 Y INVENTGR EIEI- ZarlffJf/zezzhn ATTORNEYS United States Patent O MAGNETIC CAN BGDY CONVEYING AND TURNlNG MECHANISM Charles .L Chehnhar, Chicago, Ill., assigner to Continental Can Company, Inc., New York, N.Y., a corporation of New York Filed Jan. 2'3, 1958, Ser. N0. 710,704

Claims. (Cl. 198-33) The present invention relates to a novel mechanism for receiving can bodies from a side seaming machine inlongitudinally, equally spaced relationship, turning the bodies 90 and elevating them to a desired height for gravitational rolling feed to the machine performing the next operation. While the invention has been specifically designed to be used for handling double-length can bodies, it is equally well adapted to be used for handling standard length can bodies or can bodies of various lengths, either shorter or longer than standard length bodies.

Present can turning and elevating devices operate success'fully with single length can. bodies but are not satisfactory for handling double length can bodies. Single length can bodies when conveyed by conventional can turning and elevating machines are delivered in longitudinal, equally spaced relationship from the side seaming machine and are rotated 90 by means of a fixed finger that projects out far enough into the path ofv the procession of cans so as to engage the leading end of each can wall at one side only of the can body axis. This creates a turning moment, due to the weight and velocity of the can body causing it to revolve'in a horizontal plane around the linger. Upon completion of a 90 turn, the can bodies swing free of the finger and are immediately engaged by side guides that prevent furtherv rotation in a horizontal plane and the can bodies at the same ,time gravitate down an inclined chute in roiling manner, whereupon they are engaged between a pair of endless belts that co-act to lift the can bodies to the desired elevation for gravitational feed to the next operation.

It has been found by experience that when double length can bodies strike the projecting ringer, are turned 90, and then engaged by the chute guides, that there is more of a tendency to jam up in the chute guides than with. single length can bodies. This, tendency is causedby the more erratic manner in which the double length can bodies are turned by the linger due to their increased Weight, and length, about double the weight and length of single length can bodies, while the diameter remains unchanged. This causes the turning force exerted by the can bodies due to their velocity and weight to increase approximately double, While the moment arm, the distance from the longitudinal axis of the bodies to the side wall, remains unchanged. This moment arm in relation to the increased length and weight of the can bodies has a tendency to cause the can bodies to bounce back ol the turning linger rather than rotating smoothly around it. This tendency to erratic turning behavior in conjunction with the greater length to diameter ratio of the double length can bodies gives rise to diiculties in orienting the bodies to roll down the chute immediately following the turning finger. The chute has side guides that ordinarily straighten out any can bodies that may have turned a slightly greater or lesser amount than the desired 90 in coming ofi? the turning finger. The guides.A operate very well with single length bodies as the weight of the bodies is slight and hence there is less inertia to overcome. Also, their ratio of length to diameter is small' and this results in less tendency for the bodies to cock or chatter in the guides as they are being oriented to roll down the chute. Double length can bodies have considerably more inertia to overcome in making any corrections by the guides and thus a greater cooking force exists which, in conjunction with the greater length to diameter ratio, can cause serious cooking or chattering in the guides, resulting in jamming up of can bodies particularly when a can body slow in becoming oriented in the roll chute is struck by the following can body coming ofi the rotating linger.

The present invention has aimed to provide a novel mechanism. which eliminates the prior turning finger and overcomes the above enumerated problems and. at the same time positively Orients the side seams of the can bodies so that further operations on said seams may be performed while the can bodies are being turned and elevated. An example of such further operations is thev eiective application of heat to dry the inside and outside lacqner stripesl applied to the seams by the side seaming machine.

ln carrying. out the above stated end, a further object has been to provide a novel mechanism in which one, the seamedcan bodies from the s eaming machine are progressively fed in equally spaced longitudinally aligned relation along a feedway; two, a can body transfer chain is mounted at the delivery end of the feedway and is provided with magnetic can body receivers to successively pick off the advanced can bodies and elevate them to an overhead chute down which they are to roll by gravity; three, the'- eair body receivers are smoothly turned ninety degrees while the can bodies are being elevated; and four, the elevated and turned can bodies are smoothly stripped. from the magnetic receivers and gently transferred to said chute.

Another object has been to spring-bias the chain-carried can body receivers to normal body 'receiving position and to provide smoothly operating actuating means for turning' said receivers as required, said actuating means comprising, a vertical cam track substantially unii directional with the can body elevating reach ofthe transfer chain, and cam followers' connected with said can' body receivers` and cooperable with said cam track.

Yet another object has been to provide fixed magnetic means to hold each can body horizontally positioned on the feedway as itis initially presented. by the feed means to the cany body receiving reach of the transfer chain, thereby preventing tilting of thec'an body under the inuen'ce of the then approaching can body receiver; and to` provide a Xed cam beyond said fixed magnotie means in position to guide each magnetically held can body away from said fixed magnetic means as this can bod-y' isi further advanced by the feed means,Y the can. body by that time being in proper engagement with the receiver.

Another object has been to provide a novel association ofI stripper meansA and transfer turret for removing the elevated can bodies from the can body receivers and transferring them. to the. chute down which they are to roll.

A further object has been to insure that the turned can bodies shall project equidistantly from the elevating chain, to insure that the transfer turret can deliver them,` without jamming, into the chute down which they are to roll.

A still further object has been to provide a novel. construction in which a single sprocket chain carries thel can body receivers and their cam followers, and in which-A the mounting and driving sprockets for said chain are notched to clear said cam followers.

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. Yet another objecthas been to provideV novel and advantageous construction for the magnetic can body receivers.

With the above and other'objects in view that will hereinaftei appear; thenature of the invention willV be more clearly understood by reference to the following detailed description, the appended claims and the several views illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

In the drawings:

Figures 1 and la jointly disclose a side elevation,

' partly brokeniaway and inrsection, when the lines A-A and B-B are matched.

Figure 2 is an enlarged transverse sectional view on line 2-2 of Figure 1, showing the can body feedway and the fixed magnet which prevents premature movement Vof the can bodies under the'influence of the magnetsof the chain-carried can body receivers.

Figure is a similar view on line 3-3 of Figure 1,V

showing a can body engaged with the cam which upwardly guides the can bodies as they are fed yfrom the field of inuence of the fixed magnet.

fFigu-re 4 isV an elevation of the upper end of the machine, as indicated by the arrow 4 of Figure 1a. Figure 5 is a detail elevation, partly in section, showing the cam track and the cam followers for turning thev can body receivers as they ascend.

Y Figure 6 is an enlarged view similar to the upper end scribed. However, attention isV invited to the possibility of making variations within the scope of the invention.

As seen ini-Figures 1 to 3, a horizontal feedway 12 extendsY from the side seaming machine and Vis provided Vwith a sectional can body supporting rail.` 13 with a sectional feed chain supporting rail 14, and with can body coacts with the rail 13 in supporting the can bodies B with their completed side seams S presented downwardly;

and said feed chain has feed lugs 17 for feeding the bodies'V B along the feedway inaligned equally spaced relation.

The chain 16 is trained around suitably positioned sprockets, one of which isshown at 18 in Figure 1. The second sprocket 19, also ,shown in this view, is simply a chain guiding idler. lThe sprocket 18 is secured to a Y. cross shaft 2()Y mounted at the delivery end of the feedway 12. This shaft 20 is driven by means of Ya chain andsprocket drive 21 and a bevel gear set 22 from a main drive shaft 23 which is driven by part of the side seaming machine. The gear set 22 is shown as including a casing 24 which is'bracket-mounted at 24a on a legV Yframe 25 on which the delivery end of the feedway frame 26 is also bracket-mountedv at 27. Y

The terminal portion 28 of theV rail 14 declines to the sprocket 18 to give the feed chain a smilardeclinationin A feed'chain V'16 rests on the rail 14 'andV this region, for the purpose'ofdisengaging its lugs 17 from the can bodies B when these bodies have been engaged with the body transfer chain hereinafter described,`

Near the receiving end of the declined terminal portion Q28, a permanent magnet 29 is secured in the feedway 12 between the rails 13 and 14 in position to underlie the c an bodies B. This magnet 29 .is` horizontally elongated and is shown (see Figure 2) as secured at 30 upon a mounting block 31 Vvvhichris secured atA 32 to ythe lower Y section 33 of the rail 13.

' The purpose of the magnet 29 is to hold the can bodies Y'B against upward tilting under the inuence of the mag- 2,940,581 Y i j r "nets ofthe can body receivers 34 (later described)Y as said can bodies are initially presented to the can body receiving -reach of the transfer chain 35, thereby preventing improper engagement of the can bodies with Vthe receivers.

Beyond the magnet 29, a horizontally elongated cam 36 is secured in the delivery end portion of the feedway 12; and the upper edge 37 of said cam36 inclines away from the portion of the feed chain 16 travelling on the declined rail terminal 28. The cam 36 is shown in Figure 3 as secured between the lower section 38 of this rail terminal 28 andthe lower section 33 of the rail 13.l

The purpose of the cam 36 is to positively guide each can body B upwardly toward the receiving reach of the transfer chain 35 as said body is advanced by the feed chain lug 17 out of the zone of inuence of the magnet 29, thus preventing this magnet from interfering with proper seating of the can body in the receiver 34.

Over the delivery end portion of the feedway 12, a sprocket mounting support 39 (Figure 1) is provd'ecL said support being ixedly mounted on leg brackets 40- and 41 secured respectively to the leg frame 25 and the feedway frame 26.V Upon the support 39, a large sprocket 42 and a smaller sprocket 43 areV mounted. These sprockets are in the same vertical plane with the axes of the can bodies B on the feedway 12 and they are engaged by the lower portion of the transfer chain 35. The chain 35 is also trained around an elevatedsprocket V44 (Figures la, 4, 6 and8) which is disposed over the sprocket 42: andV this chain s provided with a lower,Y

somewhat inclined, can body receiving reach 35a substantially parallel with and spaced upwardly from the cam edge 37, and with a can body elevating reach 35b.V Y

The sprocket 44 is secured to a shaft 45 mounted in bearings 46 on a bracket Y47. This bracket includes a downwardly projecting Vmounting portion 48 secured at 49 (Figures 6 and 8) to a collar 50 which is clamped around a xed vertical post 51 extending fromY the machine bed, or the oor to the ceiling or other overheadv part of the Yplant inwhich the machine is installed.'y

VA vertical angle bar 52 (Figures 1a, 6 and 8) is securedtol and projects downwardly from the mounting portion 48 of the bracket 47 z Yand the upper end of 'a VVvertically elongated plate 53 is secured to said angle bar 52..V This plate is parallel with the reach 35b of the chain 35 and carries channeled guide tracks Y54 for said reach. Ati

least some of'the chain link pivots 55 project laterally from the chain as seen in Figures 4, 7 and 9 and. ar'el received in the channels of the guide tracks. The platef- 53 is spaced from the sprocket side of the chain 35: and

the tracks 54 are mounted on said Vplateby means of'Y spacers 56. The lower and intermediate portions ofthe plate 53 are securedto vertically spaced transverse bars 57 (Figures 1, la, 4, 7 and 8). vTo iixedly mount these bars 57, two fixed vertical angle bars 58 and 59 areV provided. The bar 58 may well extend from oor to ceiling of the plant. The bar 59 may extend from the' oor to the collar 50 and be secured at 60 (Figures l7 and 8) to this collar.

A vertically elongated cam track 61 (Figures 1, 1a, 5, 6, 7 and 8) is securedto the plate 53 andis cooperable with cranked cam followers 62`with which the can body receivers 34 are provided,'to turn said receivers 909 as they elevate the can bodiestB, as best seen in Figures 4 and 5.

Fixed arcuate strippersr63 (Figures la, 6 and 8) areY collar 50. The strippers are secured at 70 to the crown of the frame 66: and the legs of this frame carry bearings 71 for the shaft 72 of the turret 64.

The turret shaft 72 is chain and sprocket connected to the shaft 45 of the uppermost sprocket 44 as best seen in Figures la, 6 and 8. To accomplish this, one sprocket 73 is secured to the shaft 45, a second sprocket 74 is secured to the shaft 72, an idler sprocket 75 is mounted on a bracket 76 near the sprocket 73, and a chain 77 is trained around the two sprockets 74 and 75 with its lower reach engaging the top of the sprocket 73.

A vertical drive shaft 78 (Figures 1, la, 6 and 8) is provided for the shaft 45. The upper end of the shaft 78 is connected with the shaft 45 by means of a bevel gear set 79 in a casing S0 carried by a bracket 81 suitably secured under the bracket 47. The lower end of the shaft 78 (Figure 1) is connected by a bevel gear set 82 and a chain and sprocket connection 83 with the main drive shaft 23. The gear set 82 is disposed in a casing 84 mounted on a bracket 85 secured to the post 51.

The main drive shaft 23, due to connections above described, drives the feed chain 16, the uppermost sprocket 44 for the transfer chain 35, and the transfer turret 64.

rhe construction of the transfer chain 35 and `its can body receivers, is best seen in Figures 7, 9 and '10. The chain is of roller type and includes bearing blocks 86 which constitute links of the chain. These bearing blocks are spaced apart in conformity with the spacing of the can bodies B fed along the feedway 12. A short shaft S7 is mounted in each bearing block 86 and extends from the sprocket side of the chain 35 to the outer side of the latter. The inner end of the shaft 87 has the cam follower 62 secured thereto: and the outer end of said shaft is provided with a flange 88. An elongated channeled head 89 lies against the ange S8 and contains a permanent magnet 90. A screw 91 extends through the magnet 90 and head 89 and secures both to the flange 88. Another screw 92 further secures the head 89 to the flange S8. Two side wings 93 are secured at 94 to the opposite longitudinal sides of the head 89 and project curvedly beyond the channeled side of said head in conformity with the circumferential curvature of the can bodies B.

A helical spring 95 surrounds the inner end of the carn follower 62 and serves to normally bias the receiver 34 to a normal can body receiving position in which one end portion of the bearing block 86 abuts a stop 96 on the ange 88 (Figure 9).

All of the sprockets 42, 43 and 44 are peripherally notched, as seen at 97 in Figures l and la, to clear the cam followers 62.

ln order to insure that the can bodies B shall project equidistantly from opposte sides of the body elevating chain reach 3517 and thus be in readiness for transfer to the chute 65, two upwardly converging plates 98 (Figures la, 4 and 6) are provided between which the can bodies are elevated, said plates being so positioned that one or the other will act as a cam for longitudinally sliding any improperly positioned can body to properly position it. See the can body B directly under the turret 64 in Figure 4, which body projects excessively to the left and is being cammed toward the right to the required position. The plates 98 are provided with mounting brackets 99 which are adjustably secured at 100 to the angle bars 58 and 59.

To guard against possible lateral movement of any can body B from the receiver 34 as it is being slid by either of the plates 98, a guard plate 101 is provided, said guard plate being secured to brackets 102 which are mounted on one of the plates 98.

Operation The can bodies B are continuously fed from the side seamer along the feedway 12 by the feed chain 16 and are thus presented successively Ato the 'magnetic body receivers 34 to be picked up by the latter, and elevated and turned. As each can body .is approached by the receiver which is to-receive it, it is held by the xed magnet 29 against upward tilting and faulty engagement with the receiver under the influence of the magnet of this receiver. When this receiver fully straddles the magnetically held can body, however, the latter can be safely moved from the influence of the magnet 29 and this is done by the continued movement of the feed chain 16. During this further advance of the can body, the latter is positively guided toward the chain reach 35a by the cam 36 and said body thus becomes properly engaged with the receiver and is magnetically held therein. The receivers 34 elevate the can bodies B with their side seams S all presented away from the ascending reach 35h of the chain 35, as seen in Figure 4. The seams may therefore be readily subjected to heating means for drying the usual lacquer stripes applied to .said sems by the side seaming machine, or other desired operations may be performed on said seams. As the can bodies B are being elevated, the cam followers 62 of the body receivers 34 are turned by the cam track 61 and the receivers are therefore turned until the can bodies are transverse to the chain reach 35b and at right angles thereto. As the can bodies complete their ascent, the strippers 63 smoothly strip them from the receivers 34 and nally the transfer turret 64 gently moves the stripped olf bodies to the chute 65 and they roll down the latter to the next mechanism which is to operate upon them. As soon as the cam followers '34 leave the cam track 61, their springs restore them to normal position in readiness for further can body reception.

During ascent of the can bodies B, if any of themV bodies jamming at `the entrance of the chute 65 is thus obviated. Possible lateral movement of any can body from its respective receiver 34, during shifting of said body by'one or the other of the plates 98, is prevented' by the guard plate 101.

From the foregoing, it will be seen that novel p`ro.

vision has been disclosed for vattaining the desired ends. However, attention is again invited to the possibility of making variations Within lthe scope of the invention.

Iclairn:

1. In a can body transfer and turning means, a horizontal can body feedway, 'feed means for progressively feeding can bodies in uniformly spaced relation along said feedway with their axes aligned, a can body transfer chain, means mounting said chain and providing it with a body-receiving reach and a body-elevating reach, said body-receiving vreach being disposed longitudinally of the delivery end portion of said can body feedway, means for so driving said chain that said body-receiving reach travels in substantially the same direction as the can bodies on said feedway and at the same speed'as these bodies, can body receivers pivotally mounted on said chain and spaced vapart in conformity with the can' bodies on said feedway, said body receivers having can body attracting magnets, whereby the body receivers of the aforesaid body-receiving reach will successively remove can bodies from said feedway and the body receivers of said body-elevating reach will elevate the can bodies, actuating means for turru'ng the body receivers Aof said body-elevating reach to dispose ythe ascending can bodies transversely of said body-elevating reach, means for successively stripping the transversely positioned can bodies from said body receivers, fixed magnetic means positioned to hold each can body horizontally positioned on said feedway as it is initially presented by said feed means to said body-receiving reach, thereby preventing tilting of the magnetically held can body under the nuence of the magnet of the then approaching can body receiver while this receiver is movingto body-receiving' l7 position, and'tixed cam means beyond said fixed magnetic means in position to .guide each magnetically held can body away fromsaid redmagnetic means as this can bodyiis further advancedby said feed means.'`

2. In4 a can body 'transfer' means, a horizontal can body feedway, feed means for progressively feeding can bodies in uniformly spaced relation along said feedway with their axes aligned, a can body transfer chain, means mounting said chain and providing it with a body-receiving reach and a body-elevating reach, said body-receiving reach being disposed longitudinally of the delivery end portion of said can body feedway, means for so driving said Ychain that said body-receiving'reach `travels in substantially the same direction as the can `bodies on said feedway and at the same speed as these bodies, can body receiversmounted on said chain and spaced apart'in conformity with the can bodies-on said feedway, said -body receivers having can body attracting magnets, whereby the body Vreceivers of theaforesaid body-receiving reach will successively remove can bodies from vsaid feedway and the body receivers of said body-elevating reach Will elevatethe can bodies, means for successively stripping the elevated Ycan bodies from said receivers, Vfixed magnetic means positioned yto hold each can body horizontally positioned on said feedway as it is initially pre-v sented by said feed means to said body-receiving reach,

thereby preventing tilting of the magnetically held can body underthe inuence of the magnet of the then approaching can body receiver while this receiver is moving to body-receiving position, and xed cam means beyond said fixed magnetic means in position Vto guide each magnetically held can body away from said xedtmagnetic means as this can body is further advanced Vbysaid feed means.

3; In a can body transfer means, a horizontal can body feedway, feed means for progressively feeding can bodies in-uniformly spaced relation along said feedway with their axes aligned, a can body transfer chain, means mounting said chain and providingrit with a body-receivmg reach `overlying thedelivery end portion of said feedway, means for so driving saidv chain that said body-receiving reach travels in substantially the same direction asthe canY bodies on said feedway and at the same speedV with 'these bodies, can body receivers mounted on said chain and spaced apart in conformity with the' can bodles on said feedway, said can'body receivers having can body attracting magnets to successively pickup the Yadvanced can bodies from saidfeedway Vand connect them with said body receivers, fixed magnetic means positioned Vto hold each can body horizontally positioned on said;

feedway `as it is initially presented by said feed means to said body-receiving reach, thereby preventing tilting o f the magnetically held can body under the influence of .the magnet of the then approaching can body receiver wlnle Vthis receiver is moving yto body-,receiving position,

and Vfixed cam means beyond said xed magnetic meansV in position to guide each magnetically held can body away from said xed magnetic meansv as this can body isV further advanced by said feed means; t '4. A structure as speciiied in claim 3, in whichV said can body receiving reach diverges upwardly from said feedway in the direction in which the can bodies are fed along said feedway, saidV cam having an inclined upper v1 edge substantially parallel With said reach. 5. A structure as specified in claim 3, in which said l fee'd means includes a feed chain having upstandinglugs for pushing the canbodies along said feedawy, said feedway having a supporting Itrackfor said drive chain, said track having `a declined terminal portiontpositioned t downwardlyY guide said chain and free its Vlugs from the can bodies when these bodies have been advanced out of the influence of said fixed magnetic means. n

V6. A structure as specified in claim 3, in-which said can vbody receiving reach diverges upwardly from said feedway in the direction in which-the can vbodies are fed having a can body elevating reach, magnetic Ycan body receivers pivotally mounted on said chain and normally positioned to receive can bodies extending longitudinally of the chain, meansY for turning said receivers to position the can bodies at iight angles to the chain as Vsaid bodies are elevated, an Aelevated chute down which the elevated can bodies are to roll, stripper means positioned for stripping the elevated can bodies from said receivers, a transfer turret positioned to receive the stripped off can bodies and deliver them to said chute, and xed vertically elongated plates mounted in positions ,to face the ends rof the turned can bodies, said plates Vbeing disposed in upwardly converging relation and being adapted to shift any ascendingV can bodies which project excessively in one direction or the other from said body elevating reach intoposition in which they project equidistantly in opposite directions `from-said reach, thereby aligning can bodies with said chute and preventing Vjamming of can bodies against the entrance of Ysaid chute.

p 8. A structure as specified in claim 7: together withV a fixed vertically elongated guard plate positioned to prevent any can bodybeing shifted from laterally leaving its respective receiver during the shifting operation.

` 9. In a can body transfer-means, a canbody feed- Way, feed means for progressively feeding can Vbodies in uniformly spaced relation along said feedway with the axes of the cans being disposed Vgenerally longitudinally of said feedway, a can body conveyor, means mounting said conveyor with a portion of its travel being adjacent to Vsaid feedway at the vdelivery end portion ofthe feed- Way and immediately thereafterin diverging relation to said feedway, means driving said conveyor to move thatV portion of said conveyor which is momentarily adjacent said feedway in the same general direction and at Vthe same speed'as'the can bodies on the feedway, said conveyor including can ybody receivers spaced apart in conformity with can bodies on said feedway, said can body receivers having can body attracting magnets to successively pick the advanced can bodies from said feedway Vand connect them with said body receivers, `and fixed magnetic means positioned along said ,feedway to hold each .can body generally axially of said feedway as itis initially presented by said feed means to said conveyor, thereby preventing tilting of the magnetically'held can body under the influenceof the magnet of the then approaching canrbody receiver While thisV receiver is moving to a body-receiving position. i,

10. In a can body transfermeans, a can bodyfeedway, feed means for progressively feedingtcan bodies in uniformly spaced relation along'said feedway with theV axes of the cans being disposed generally longitudinally of said feedway, a can body conveyor, means mounting said conveyor with a portion of its travel being adjacentV netic means positioned along said feedway to hold each 9 10 can body generally axially of said feedway as it is in magnetic means as this can body is further advanced by tially presented by said feed means to said conveyor, said feed means. thereby preventing tilting of the magnetically held can body under the influence of the magnet of the then ap- References Cited m the me of thls patent preaching can body receiver While this receiver is mov- 5 UNTED STATES PATENTS ing to a body-receiving position, and xed cam means 1,474,448 Scott NOV` 20, 1923 beyond said xed magnetic means in posiion to guide 2,335,239 Gladfelter Nov, 30, 1943 each magnetically held can body away from said xed 2,643,778 Socke June 30, 1953 

